Don't be Afraid to Draw

Here is one of mine done at Penland.

I stumbled upon this on BuzzFeed.com and it reminded me of the surrealist's game - exquisite corpse, which is a fantastic, playful way to draw collaboratively. Try this, when you are feeling down, stuck, or uncertain how you feel.  Gather a couple of pals or family members and don't worry about drawing the face, simply cut and paste an image and start drawing.

so graphic artist Mica Angela Hendricks was working in a brand new sketchbook when her four-year-old asked her if she could work on the drawings too. Hendricks wrote about the beginning of the project on her blog:

"Can I draw in that too, mama?” I have to admit, the girl knows good art supplies when she sees them. I muttered something about how it was my special book, how she had her own supplies and blah blah blah, but the appeal of new art supplies was too much for her to resist. In a very serious tone, she looked at me and said, “If you can’t share, we might have to take it away if you can’t share.”

Oh no she didn’t! Girlfriend was using my own mommy-words at me! Impressed, I agreed to comply. “I was going to draw a body on this lady’s face,” I said. “Well, I will do it,” she said very focused, and grabbed the pen."

Ah!  Embrace your childhood artist self and draw.